Jamie Sutherland, who spearheaded Xero's entry into the United States, has left the company. Since July, Sutherland has been an entrepreneur-in-residence at Norwest Venture Partners, which is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. Sutherland was president of Xero U.S. from November 2011 through March 2015.

Edison, N.J.-based Avaap cleaned up with Infor taking three channel awards from the software manufacturer. Avaap, which provides Lawson consulting services, won the FY16 Partner of the Year Net New Business Award, and Cloud Partner Award honors. It also provides consulting and implementation services for Infor CloudSuite Retail.

The plight of Sisyphus, the king forced to forever push the same boulder up hill is very much like someone having to weed a garden. ... It turns out that Olympic runner Usain Bolt has difficultly getting dates. So many women have heard that he is the fastest man on earth. .... Many observers believed the recent appearance of naked statues of Donald Trump in cities across the country were the work of the GOP presidential candidate's staff attempting to show Trump has nothing to hide.

SWK Technologies had a lackluster first quarter for 2016. But for the second quarter ended June 30, the Livingston, N.J.-based reseller reversed the drop in product revenue from the March quarter and significantly boosted operating and net income. The numbers were reported this week by SilverSun Technologies, the public company whose only operation is SWK.